A Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives resigned last week amid allegations that he had gay sex during a GOP retreat. Rep. Richard Curtis denies being gay, even though he told police he was being blackmailed by a man who had sex with him. Like so many gay politicians before him, Curtis is married to a woman.

Who are these long-suffering saints in beard's clothing? And who among them is the most tolerant, the most deluded, the most totally in the dark about her husband's true nature? Please join 23/6 in celebrating the wives of closeted gays in our Great American Beard-Off.